Thursday, February 17, 2022

Spotify buys two podtech businesses

By William Turvill

Music streaming giant Spotify has announced the acquisitions of Podsights and Chartable to enhance its podcast business.

Podsights is a podcast advertising measurement service, and Chartable is a podcast analytics platform.

Announcing the deals today, Spotify noted eMarketer forecasts that say the podcast advertising market will be worth $2.7bn by 2025.

The company said: “We believe the next step to unlocking this growth is demonstrating audio advertising’s impact through innovations in measurement and attribution for advertisers and audience insights for publishers.”

SourcePress release

Deal size: Undisclosed

Country: Sweden/US

Status: Official

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